Rita BeanRita M. Bean, PhD, is professor emerita of the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Instruction and Learning. For over twenty-five years, she taught students preparing to be reading specialists and served as director of the Reading Center. Prior t joining the university, she taught at the elementary level and served as reading coordinator (K"€"12), the role which stimulated her interest in coaching to support teacher professional learning. Bean has focused her research on the role and impact of reading specialists and literacy coaches in schools. Read More Read Less